Patrizia Bertolini studied Arts and Industrial Design at the ISIA (Institute for Industrial Arts) in Rome. She is a furniture and lighting product designers and as well as an interior and exhibition designer. From 1989 to 2001, she worked in collaboration with Christof Burtscher. She is a design teacher since 1998 and collaborates with the Arts and Design department of the University of Bolzano since 2005.